Off-Grid Power and Connectivity: Pay-As-You-Go Financing And Digital Supply Chains For Pico-Solar

2015
Page count
39
pages
Description

This report presents findings from a study on Pay-As-You-Go Financing 'PAYG' systems, exploring key opportunities for accelerating the market, particularly in Kenya. It focuses on lamps and pico-solar home systems that are sold to end-users coupled with a credit mechanism, and it highlights insights based on data and observations from two commercial organisations delivering PAYG-enabled off-grid power in Kenya: SunnyMoney and M-KOPA.

Publish date
Authors
A. Jacobson
D. Gershenson
D. M. Kammen
N. Turman-Bryant
P. Alstone
Language of publication
English
Region/Country
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa
Country
Kenya
Sector